Happy Birthday - Candles Sideways

Hello all-
Today's card is also another birthday card. I hope that I am giving you ideas on how to create really easy cards that you can make - all yu have to do is change the sentiment to suit the occassion.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Kimba

HOW-TO Instructions

Step 1: Base card measures 5x5 - BLACK

Step 2: 2nd Layer measures 4.75 x 4.75 - WHITE - stamp the word sentiment on the card.

Step 3: Stamp the candles, color them, and then cut them out. Adhere them to the card sideways between the Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday

Hello all-

Today's card is another Happy Birthday card. What I have learned from making these Happy Birthday cards is that this is a card that I always need to have pre-made and ready to send. This way, when someone birthday comes, I am seconds away from signing it and sending it!

Today's card I used the 'Happy Birthday' sentiment as a background stamp. I stamped the words in different colors to make it fun and cheery! I used HeroArts Big Candles as the focal point of the cards. I colored them I and then added foam dots to add dimension. As always, thanks for stopping by and remember that the How-To instructions are below so have some fun creating this card!

HOW-TO Instructions

Step 1: Base measures 4.25 x 5.5

Step 2: 2nd layer measures 4 x 5.25 - WHITE - stamp the HAPPY BIRTHDAY word sentiment in different colors. Adhere to Base card.

Step 3: Stamp the candles. Color them . Cut them out and adhere using foam dots.

YOU SAY IT's YOUR BIRTHDAY.....

Hello all-

Happy Monday! I hope that you all had a great weekend! This week, the theme for cards is going to be Birthday cards. Over at Heroarts.com, they are having the same theme and since I participate in their month challenges, I decided to use those same cards on my blog.

I hope you like the card and thanks so much for stopping by!

HOW-TO Instructions

Step 1: Base card measures 4.25 x 5.5 (YELLOW)

Step 2: 2nd Layer measures 4 x 5.25 (WHITE)

Step 3: Punch out a Yellow circle and adhere it to the center of the card.

Step 4: Cut out a strip of turquoise paper and punch scallop border. Tie orange ribbon and then adhere the 2nd layer to base of card

Step 5: Stamp Peacock image and color it. Cut it out and adhere it to the center of the yellow circle.

Caardvarks MONOCHROMATIC Challenge - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Hello all & Happy Monday!

I hope that you all had an enjoyable weekend! I am finally back after a long weekend off. I was under the weather and busy at the same time, but the good thing is that I am back and I have been back in my craft room creating.

Today's card is for a challenge that I am entering. The challenege was to create a Monochromatic card ( that means a card in one color or shades of that specific color - all blue, all red, etc) with any theme. My card is a Happy Birthday card. My new favorite tool or thing to use is this Inkssential Glossy Accents. It's a clear, 3 dimensional glass medium that gives a shine to whatever you put it on. This is what I did to the cupcakes on the card. This is a great tool to have in your arsenal because you can make all your embellishments 3D and it dries fairly quickly.

I hope that you like the card and fingers crossed that I get selected as the winner! thanks for stopping by!

Elephant Card

Happy Hump Day!

We are almost half way to the weekend and I can't wait! Here in NYC, we are expected to have nice weather and I am sooooo ready for the heat!!!...and to pay tribute to this Spring/Summer weather, I decided to do a fun card today. I have had this elephant stamp for quite some time now, but had never used it...but today is the day! I think that elephant is too cute!!! I stamped the image out and then colored it in using my colored pencils. I did some distressing using Tim Holtz's Peeled Paint and I loved the way it came out. I hope you do too!

Thanks for stopping by!
Kimba

HOW-TO Instructions

Step 1: Base card measuring 4.25 x 5.5 - BLUE

Step 2: 2nd layer measuring 4 x 5.25 - run this thru your CuttleBug using the Distress Stripes. Distress this using Tim Holtz's Peeled Paint

Step 3: Stamp image and color it in and tear edges and distress the edges

Step 4: Mat the stamped image onto green cardstock and adhere to card

Happy Mother's Day! - Distress Inks and CuttleBug Embossing Folder

Hey all-

This is the last of my Mother's Day cards, so I decided to go out with a bang!...LOL! This card I made in LITERALLY 5 minutes!...YES...you READ correctly...5 mins.

Head on down to the How-To Instructions and you will see just how quick you can create this card. As always, thanks for stopping by!

Kimba

HOW-TO Instructions

Step 1: Base card measures 4.25 x 5.5 (TURQUOISE)

Step 2: 2nd Layer measures 4 x 5.25 (WHITE cardstock) - Run this thru your CuttleBug machine using the embossing folder STYLIZED FLOWER

Step 3: Using Tim Holtz Distress Ink - DUSTY CONCORD, cover the embossed image and watch it pop! Add purple gemstones in the center of the flowers

Step 4: Stamp word sentiment and create a mat for it. Tie a bow and attach.

Happy Mother's Day - Purple Flowers

Hello all-

I hope you had a great weekend. I know that I have been busty making cards for friends and family for Mother's Day. I hope that when you stop by, you are being inspired to start making yours too!

Today's card is pretty simple. I created a row of flowers and then stamped the word sentiment. Quick and easy. I hope you like the card and thanks for stopping by!

Kimba

HOW-TO Instructions

Step 1: Base card measuring 4.25 x 5.5

Step 2: Pattern paper measuring 4 x 5.25 (STRIPES)

Step 3: Scallop edge measuring 5.25 in length. Create scallop edge using Fiskar scallop punch

Step 4: Stamp a row of flowers A